Ocean County

The unique Lakewood Township School District is the latest to face the "nuclear" option of a state takeover amid a red budget and worsening finances.

A 20-year-old man from Ocean County is charged with asking a teenage girl to send him illicit videos and photos, according to authorities.

A Lakewood man has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of his 3-month-old daughter. Prosecutors say he could face up to 25 years in state prison when sentenced in March.

A promising decline in fatalities has emerged on New Jersey roads, but not every county is celebrating.

Jackson Mayor Jennifer Kuhn and Councilman Christopher Pollack are funding a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the "finding and safe location" of 22-year-old Mortimer Wortman, who has been missing since November.

More than six years after his father’s death, a Brick Township man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot that left his father beaten to death.

Seven juveniles were injured when a flash fire erupted from a backyard fire pit during a New Year's Eve bonfire in Berkeley Township. Several were treated at area hospitals and released. Authorities are investigating.

Video of the incident first posted by The Lakewood Scoop shows a white sedan stopped at the intersection of First Street and Clifton Avenue whose driver got out to talk to the other driver.

Adam Zalouk was in court Monday on charges he pulled a knife on Morty Wortman on July 26 on Point Pleasant when he turned down Zalouk's request for a sexual favor.

This township in Ocean County is fighting back against a growing scheme to rent out single-family homes to as many tenants as will fit inside its walls.